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It’s been more than ten days since the US Supreme Court relegated PASPA to the trash heap of outdated laws, right alongside the one that prohibits folks in Arizona from intentionally tripping donkeys.

All right, that one’s actually still on the books, but the federal ban on sports betting is not! States now have free rein to regulate the activity at their discretion, and a handful will likely be taking wagers by the end of the year.

The news hasn’t really let up since last Monday, and this week was packed with more must-read headlines across the industry.

The parties confirmed the marriage this week after a few days of rumored courtship. The deal will close in Q3 pending final regulatory approval.

Expect the combined group to seize control of the overlap between sports betting and DFS.

DraftKings made some headlines, too, rolling out its inaugural sports betting ad campaign across the New Jerseey transportation network. It will do what it can to challenge PPB/FanDuel in the arena, but it still needs a casinopartner. And a platform.

Token New Jersey rundown

As we did last week, it makes sense to spend some time where all the sports betting momentum originates.

When last we spoke, June 7 looked like the date for final NJ sports betting regulations. And Dennis Drazin was talking about suing the leagues for hundreds of millions of dollars. Those two things haven’t really changed in the last seven days, but new sh… new stuff has come to light, man.

State regulators offer revenue projections of $13 million from a first-year sports betting market. This both sounds small and is a reasonably sound guess. Related but not: NJ online casino revenue is looking good.

The first possible day. That’s when both Monmouth Park and Borgata say they’ll be ready to take bets. There may be a slight hiccup for the latter, though…

A new bill from Senate President Steve Sweeney would deny sports betting licenses to operators with ties to sports leagues/franchises. This could affect as many as five NJ casinos.

IGT is the only bidder for the sports betting contract with the Rhode Island Lottery. The state agency is targeting October for rollout at the two Twin River casinos.

Late Friday afternoon, Illinois leapt back into the conversation with an amended bill containing placeholders to legalize sports betting, online gambling, and DFS. Next week’s scheduled hearings could be interesting.

In general, this week’s headlines were a little less reactionary and a little more in line with long-term roadmaps and expectations. That left some room for our own reactions, having had a bit of time to digest the news.

Here were some of the best takes this week:

US Sen. Orrin Hatch is a lying liar about sports betting. His attempts to pass a federal bill through Congress this year will probably fail. And then he will retire. (That part’s not really a hot take; he is actually retiring.)